diff --git a/ros-meta/ros_comm/Manifest b/ros-meta/ros_comm/Manifest
index 898e47a6b5241..1e41e2eb115ca 100644
--- a/ros-meta/ros_comm/Manifest
+++ b/ros-meta/ros_comm/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST ros_comm-1.11.14.tar.gz 945041 SHA256 8e7beff35711b1918501c69cca4f29648d4d4207878edab069bcd59d515c78f3 SHA512 be768faa0a2f45c464e963934a95dc617cac6c3fcec2388602a27846774c25b882b5139099ce10d1d051a21d5938819942e079836d14618071bc7ad90ee78bab WHIRLPOOL e047ce984086655294c20dbf0715cc29f51ec358f075f02de80c5de0d4ef8059990dc8312d78d7a7fa91c4a974dc21cba15d6eacafe02fd3df527770e50f75a5
 DIST ros_comm-1.11.15.tar.gz 946139 SHA256 532b8cc764e9ca8765484a4468b8537c1ddd84342896267cf3e9f6b19c1b7203 SHA512 8eea3fc948093a7640851f18856f2a20748afb80f935e28d230dc2095956d753bde5081dcd020d09638d9c5d63e031257515b6c6874286c03737507e67cce270 WHIRLPOOL 5e0a971f4312dce99c2e2c11841445cea999dbe5b1ebde3ce26badb9a7eaf9fb84220ed5d1e0088e85835104ddad3cd4d555708d010f83da6e84d257bafe699b
+DIST ros_comm-1.11.16.tar.gz 947310 SHA256 b8f48c57d58b623c0b9828476fd8fc785570238d1e117fddaae9aaf8600915d3 SHA512 a97678acbafbe33d063f2c69b42e11bc4815c18ba9bb701542fb272d95410d2c1c2a133aa40ad2211ea1b0c2535938a364adac8099b5231c50e37fa42fff5d3d WHIRLPOOL 16dbdb2f754f16ae73b989e443de9f9e4fdbea2f9411c63d02a53a46517fb565dd97d5ea2b155833bcd592d7e9dd23ae3e7676dd1a49ea3dd509ab47f28082f2
diff --git a/ros-meta/ros_comm/ros_comm-1.11.16.ebuild b/ros-meta/ros_comm/ros_comm-1.11.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c6421aeda598a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ros-meta/ros_comm/ros_comm-1.11.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+ROS_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ros/ros_comm"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
+ROS_SUBDIR=${PN}
+
+inherit ros-catkin
+
+DESCRIPTION="ROS communications-related packages"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE=""
+
+# utilities subdir
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-ros/roslz4
+	dev-ros/xmlrpcpp
+	dev-ros/roswtf
+	dev-ros/message_filters
+"
+# tools subdir
+RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-ros/rosbag
+	dev-ros/rosbag_storage
+	dev-ros/rosconsole
+	dev-ros/rosgraph
+	dev-ros/roslaunch
+	dev-ros/rosmaster
+	dev-ros/rosmsg
+	dev-ros/rosnode
+	dev-ros/rosout
+	dev-ros/rosparam
+	dev-ros/rosservice
+	dev-ros/rostest
+	dev-ros/rostopic
+	dev-ros/topic_tools
+"
+# clients subdir
+RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-ros/roscpp
+	dev-ros/rospy
+"
+# test subdir
+RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-ros/test_rosbag
+	dev-ros/test_rosbag_storage
+	dev-ros/test_roscpp
+	dev-ros/test_rosgraph
+	dev-ros/test_roslaunch
+	dev-ros/test_roslib_comm
+	dev-ros/test_rosmaster
+	dev-ros/test_rosparam
+	dev-ros/test_rospy
+	dev-ros/test_rosservice
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"